Europe · True size
🇸🇪 Sweden
2.0×
Sweden looks 2.0× bigger on the old map than it really is.
True area
442,977 km²
On the old map
2.0×
drawn bigger than true
Distortion rank
#7
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.33%
On the old map
Sweden looks about the same size as Nigeria on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: Sweden at the size the old map gives it, next to Nigeria's true size. Sweden's real area is 442,977 km² — Nigeria is 911,510 km².
By area
Sweden is big enough to fit Norway inside it, by area — 384,269 km² combined.
Sweden would fit inside Somalia, Spain and Thailand, by area.
How many fit?
The United Kingdom fits inside Sweden 1.8 times. United Arab Emirates fits inside Sweden 6.2 times.
Why the old map gets it wrong
The old map stretches land more the further it is from the equator — twice the area at 45°, four times at 60°. Sweden's middle sits at 62°N, where the stretch is about 4.7×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares Sweden's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.
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